Translation of "Système d'approvisionnement en eau gravitaire " (French → English) :

(12) Each operator of an establishment constructed after the coming into force of this Schedule shall keep and make available to an inspector, blueprints or other suitable drawings or sketches that show all water supply and water waste disposal systems, including sources of supply, intake locations, piping runs, treatment systems employed, location of water sampling valves for the taking of water samples before and after its treatment and the outfall or sewage hook-up locations.

19. The superintendent may permit the temporary taking of water from any watercourse or Park water supply system to a place outside the Park in the case of drought, fire, contamination of a water supply or other emergency, for the duration of such emergency.

Water management and drinking water conservation (including river basin management, water supply, specific climate change adaptation measures, district and consumer metering, charging systems and leak reduction)

I would suggest four steps: first, by recognizing and understanding what are the threats to a drinking water system; second, by understanding what are the capabilities and limitations of the treatment and monitoring processes available or that drinking water; third, by assuring that the treatment system operates to its capabilities for dealing with threats at all times; and fourth, by assuring that treated water is delivered to consumers without being contaminated during distribution.

Mr. Speaker, since 1998, the federal government has invested nearly $60 million in projects that aim to upgrade and maintain the base's water supply systems, to help the municipality of Shannon upgrade its water supply system and to look at water quality.

The proposed legislation also features new language to clarify several key points. In particular, the legislation would not automatically apply to first nations that are signatories to self-government agreements; regulations would not include the power to allocate water supplies or license users of water for any purpose other than for accessing drinking water; regulations on source water protection on first nation lands would be restricted so as to protect it from contamination; only the powers necessary to effectively regulate drinking water and waste water systems would be conferred on any person or body; and first nations would no ...[+++]t be held liable for systems owned by third parties that are on first nations lands.